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Omar Amiralay

Omar Amiralay

Omar Amiralay (Arabic: عمر أميرالاي‎‎) (1944 — 5 February 2011)was a Syrian documentary film director and prominent civil society activist. He is noted for the strong political criticism in his films and played a prominent role in the events of the Damascus Spring of 2000.

On screen

  • Arab Camera

Behind the camera

  • A Flood in Baath Country
  • The Man with the Golden Soles
  • There Are Many Things One Can Talk About...
  • A Plate of Sardines
  • On a Day of Ordinary Violence, My Friend Michel Seurat...
  • Moudarres
  • Light and Shadows, the Last of the Pioneers: Nazih Shahbandar
  • Love Aborted
  • Everyday Life in a Syrian Village
  • Film-Essay on the Euphrates Dam

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